1. MDE Assessment Office Updates
WIDA Assessment Updates
February 13, 2019

2. Presenters
Jennifer Paul, EL & Accessibility Assessment Specialist

3. WIDA Basics – Newly Enrolling Students
All newly enrolling students whose answers to the Home Language Survey are yes/yes must be screened to determine if English language services are needed.
This is a federally required process.
Students must be screened during the summative WIDA ACCESS for ELLs window.
Michigan uses the following screening tools:
Kindergarten WIDA ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)
WIDA Screener

4. WIDA Basics Cont.
Screen students and then review the Entrance & Exit Protocol.
Make a list of which students meet the criteria.
Give that list to your pupil accounting staff.

5. Summative WIDA Assessment
ALL students who are ELs must be assessed annually until they achieve the Exit criteria (federally required by ESSA)
WIDA ACCESS for ELLs
WIDA Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
English language proficiency assessment for students who are ELs with significant cognitive disabilities

6. Assessment Basics
All of these tests assess students skills in Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
Kindergarten W-APT is paper/pencil
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs is paper/pencil
ACCESS for ELLs grades 1-3 tests Writing via paper/pencil

7. Are there accommodations?
Yes!
Universal Tools & Accommodations
No Designated Supports
Universal Tools: Available to all/any students
Accommodations: Available to students with disabilities (accommodation required by IEP) and students with 504 Plans

8. Your Responsibilities
Point person for communication
Ensuring staff are trained and have appropriate WIDA certificates
Obtaining/receiving needed assessment materials and reports
Applying for WIDA Test Exceptions
Ensuring staff have appropriate accounts
Working with appropriate staff for activities such as technology setup, pupil accounting, etc.
Ensuring proficient students are exited.

9. Three different logins
Your Initial To Do List
Sign up for the weekly Spotlight
Read the New Assessment Coordinator Primer
Get identified as the District EL Assessment Coordinator in EEM
Get your WIDA Secure Portal account
Get correct OEAA Secure Site account access
Get your WIDA AMS account
Read the WIDA Screener & K W-APT Policy Manual
Three different logins

10. Why all these accounts? WIDA Secure Portal Account OEAA Secure Site
Access to Training modules and WIDA Training Certificate
Access to some assessment materials (ex. W-APT)
OEAA Secure Site
Identifying students for testing
Access to assessment scores and some reports
Access to other important testing activities (Test Exceptions, Not Tested, etc.)
WIDA AMS
Access to assessment reports
Access to activities such as placing students in test sessions, printing test tickets, etc.

11. Who Are Your People? Who updates EEM?
Who manages OEAA Secure Site access?
Who is your technology coordinator?
Who is your pupil accounting staff?

12. WIDA Important Dates Initial Ordering/Pre-ID – 12/11 – 12/27
WIDA Test Exceptions/False EL – 12/11 - TBD
Materials Arrival – 1/29
Additional Orders – 1/29
WIDA Test Window – 2/4 – 3/22

13. Initial Material Ordering & Pre-ID
Your opportunity to order:
Braille
Enlarged print
Identify students who need paper/pencil materials for students who are recent arrivals or have an accommodation requiring paper/pencil
Identify students to take Tier T (WIDA Alternate ACCESS for ELLs)

14. Initial Material Ordering & Pre-ID Cont.
Review the pre-id list MDE provides.
ONLY remove students who have left the district.
ADD students who arrived after count day.
Completing these tasks by 12/27 ensures:
Students who are no longer in your district do not show up in WIDA AMS for your district.
You know who you’re supposed to test when the window opens on 2/4.
Aforementioned materials for students who may need them arrive prior to the testing window and you’re not stressed trying to place an additional order.

15. Post Test Verification Windows
Verification of Enrollment
Accountable Students & Test Verification
Students Not Tested
Review this information! These windows provide you with the ONLY opportunity to correct things like:
Missing tests
Incorrect student information (Julia is really Julio)
Provide reasons for why students may not have tested

16. Where do I find WIDA reports?
WIDA Screener Reports
Once scores are entered into the OEAA Secure Site you can print Individual Student Reports and Roster Reports
From WIDA AMS you can print Individual Student Reports
Put the report in the student’s CA60 or permanent record file

17. Where do I find WIDA reports?
Reports can only be found in WIDA AMS and in hard copy form (1 set shipped to districts)
A Downloadable Student Data File is available in the OEAA Secure Site
MiLearn

18. What kind of scores will I get on these reports?
Let’s take a look at an example!
The WIDA Interpretive Guide for Score Reports provides explanations and examples.

19. Statewide WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Scores

20. Where do I look for more information?
Michigan Checklist
Test Administration Manual
WIDA AMS User Guide
WIDA Important Dates

21. Why can’t I do what the directions told me to do?
Perhaps you don’t have the correct permission in the system.
Or, perhaps you are reading consortium material and not Michigan specific information.
Michigan Checklist and Michigan Specific Test Administration Manual are must haves.

22. Who you gonna call?
Jen Paul! As a last resort But please send me an